The International Green Shipping Summit is in its second year adresses a range of topics concerning shipping and the environment. The Trident Alliance will be represented at the event, discussing the implmentation and enforcement of sulphur regualtions.

Panel 1: Global Regulations Shaping the Future of Maritime - The impact of innovation and technology on the future of global marine business- Environmental regulations, new policies and requirements- Reasons to encourage green shipping- Collaboration between different sectors to make the industry greener: drivers and inhibitors

The recent IMO regulation on the Sulphur cap has turbo charged investment decisions required for SOx emissions compliance. With uncertainty removed from the equation, the MGO, LNG and Scrubber Technology markets shares are attracting various projections. Coupled with various technology game changers, the industry is in the midst of an overhaul.

The biennial Bunkering Week once again brings together 3 separate conferences designed to explore disparate yet linked issues for the industry. Get in-depth and detailed market insights from experts who are taking the decisions, assess peer strategies and give shape to your own in this unrivalled gathering of shipping and marine fuel industry leaders.

Trident Alliance Chair Anna Larsson will chair the joint opening plenary for the conferences, a session focused on environmental regulations, their implementation and impact on the fuel industry and on shipping.

9:30 Regulatory Address: Consistent implementation of the 2020 sulphur limit and other action by IMO to address emissions from shipsDr Edmund Hughes, Head of Air Pollution and Climate Change, International Maritime Organisation (IMO)

10:00Port State Control Perspectives on Emission Control and Enforcement Policies

Shipping is at an important crossroad. Amidst severe market conditions, increasing societal and regulatory pressure is forcing shipping to lower its environmental impact. Stricter sulphur requirements and growing expectations to reduce CO2 emissions set the scene for this year’s conference.

Global Sulphur CapThe introduction of the new global sulphur cap in 2020 is causing nothing short of a paradigm shift in marine fuel. How you choose to comply may ultimately impact the future competitiveness of your assets. There is a great deal of uncertainty related to enforcement, fuel availability and technological solutions. How will the stakeholders react? Please come and join the discussion together with our thought leaders and industry representatives.

Through the CompMon project, participating Member States join forces in voluntary piloting of effective targeting for the enforcement of IMO Marpol Annex VI. The CompMon project will achieve its aims through a set of voluntary measures by the Member States, which will increase the cost-efficiency of on-board controls and enforcement. Such measures include airborne compliance monitoring of fuel sulphur content through exhaust gases at sea, compliance monitoring in fixed installations, as well as on-board checks using hand-held equipment.

The Trident Alliance will participate in this second CompMon stakeholder conference to provide a shipowners perspective on enforcement and contribute experiences from taking part in trials for air-borne monitoring.

What options will be open to ship owners if IMO’s MEPC agrees in October to push for a global sulphur cap of 0.5% in 2020? Barely any scrubbers have been installed on ships but engine builders have designs ready for every outcome. Will some operators consider continuing to use 3.5% sulphur fuel or have preparations started to prepare for the pending cap? The shipping industry is at a crossroads.

IHS Maritime and Trade, host a roundtable discussion providing an overview of the existing position, identifying the options available if the date chosen is 2020, 2025 or anywhere in between, and offer takeaways to enable robust decision-making when MEPC makes its own position clear.

The event is moderated by Richard Clayton, Chief Maritime Correspondent.

The Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum is the premier global transport policy event. Since 2008, the Summit brings together ministers from around the world to share policy perspectives with CEOs, heads of international organisations, thought leaders from civil society and academia, and media.

The Trident Alliance will be represented by Anna Larsson, Chair, who takes part in the session "Innovation for greening maritime transport"

May 18, 16:45 - 18:15Hall 3, Level +1

Long regarded as a relatively clean transport mode, maritime transport is now under greater scrutiny for its environmental impacts. Whereas ocean shipping produces less CO2 per tonne-kilometre than other transport modes, absolute CO2 emissions are substantial and set to increase considerably over the coming decades. Maritime transport also generates large quantities of other emissions, such as SOx and particulate matter, affecting communities and the environment along coastal areas. Apart from emissions, maritime transport has various other environmental impacts, related to waste, water quality and oil spills.

Technological innovations have played a key role in the regulatory approaches towards greening maritime transport. International conventions have stimulated more energy-efficient ship designs, double hulls to minimize the risk of oil spills and a phased in reduction of the sulphur emissions from ships. Whilst many of these approaches have been successful, the question is what are the innovations that will provide the quantum leap for greener maritime transport?

This session will bring various stakeholders and experts to the table to reflect on key elements to take this debate forward.

What are the most promising innovations to make maritime transport greener?

What are effective policy tools to stimulate innovations for greening maritime transport?

How can key stakeholders cooperate to mitigate the environmental impacts of maritime transport?

A new era of RoRo; from reflections on sulphur compliance methods, to identifying growth markets and key innovations in ship design.

The Trident Alliance is represented by Anna Larsson, Chair and Poul Woodall, Steering Committee member, in "The Great Sulphur Debate", a session on the status of sulphur enforcement followed by a panel discussion amongst shipowners on lessons learnt implementing different methods of compliance.

Conference organised by Danish Shipowners’ Association, the Danish Maritime Authority and Danish EPA, and the Ecological Council on Achieving sustainable ship recycling and Effective Sulphur compliance and enforcement.

The Trident Alliance is represented by Niels Bjørn Mortensen, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Maersk and Anna Larsson, Head of Sustainability at Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics.

Environmental legislation - Benefits for societyKaare Press-Kristensen, Senior advisor at The Danish Ecological Council outlines the benefits for society when environmental regulation reduces air pollution.

An industry point of viewNiels Bjørn Mortensen, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Danish ship owner Maersk provides insight into the challenges of complying with the new Sulphur requirements and highlights the need for effective enforcement to ensure fair competition.

Compliance and enforcementSara Røpke, Head of Department at the Danish Environmental Protection Agency and Anne Skov Strüver, Director of Maritime Regulation at the Danish Maritime Authority shed light on the efforts being made to ensure high levels of compliance through international cooperation, new technology and enhanced information.

14:10 Working GroupsParticipants are assigned to smaller working groups. Each group is to consider some of the identified challenges for compliance with the Sulphur requirements with the aim of proposing new ways for both industry and authorities.

15:00 Coffee Break

15:15 2 Minute PresentationsEach group again shares its deliberations and proposals with the other participants in a series ofmicro-presentations.15:35 Plenary DebatePart 2 wrap-up and debate plus a few final words from the moderator to conclude on the day.16:00 Networking SessionAfter the end of the formal program, the Danish Shipowners’ Association will offer everyone adrink and an opportunity for informal networking.

With the shipping standards continuously lifted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to facilitate the development towards green shipping technologies, a new "green revolution" is taking place on a global basis. The upcoming "Standards for Air Pollutant Emissions from Marine Diesel Engines " and the "Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law" under amendment so indicate that energy-saving, emission reduction and environment protection will be prioritized in the work of the Chinese government for this year.

"Green ships" will benefit from more preferential tax policies provided by national authority, in addition to prioritized access to busy ports through "green channel", low premium rates and preferential financing policies.

The 3rd International Green Marine Summit will shed light on the energy saving and emission policies in conjunction with these great opportunities. Latest progress in various technologies and future development trends that stakeholders are highly concern about will be shared too, based on the actual situation in the Chinese shipping industry; to encourage sharing of various innovation, latest industry practices and experience.

"Ship Efficiency: The Event 2015" will take place during the London International Shipping Week.

Trident Alliance Chairman Roger Strevens will to take part in the ship owners and operators roundtable discussion, to discuss the owners and operators viewpoint on the efficacy of current ship technology.

The Economists’ World Ocean Summit is organised to shed light on the risks bought about by ocean degradation and help shape debate about governance of the ocean. Attended by global leaders from government, business, international organisations, NGOs, think tanks and academia, the summit is an opportunity to bring together the wide range of parties with direct interests in the oceans and igniting a constructive dialogue on solutions.

The 2015 World Ocean Summit ambitiously aims to set a new global agenda for the ocean economy and has been entitled “Blue economy; blue growth”.

The term ‘blue economy’ offers a vision of the ocean and coasts as a new source of economic growth, job creation and investment. Viewed narrowly, this could simply mean the beginning of a new and intensified phase of conventional economic activity. A more contemporary reading sees a blue economy in which economic opportunity is balanced by responsible investment in a sustainable ocean economy— a ‘win-win’ scenario where the private sector, acting through enlightened self-interest, is a catalyst for both economic development and environmental protection. In this vision, the blue economy is in itself a source of opportunity, investment and growth.

World Ocean Summit will convene more than 250 global leaders from various sectors with direct interests in the oceans and igniting a constructive dialogue on solution.

Last year the Trident Alliance was introduced at the summit, as a part of anchoring the idea with a range of Ocean stakeholders. At this year’s summit, Trident Alliance Chairman Roger Strevens will take part in the session "Investing in the blue economy—opportunities, challenges, solutions".

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It is time to shed light on the known unknowns, the 2015 ECA will be in full swing by the time of the conference and everyone is focused on just what impact it will have with to the industry.

The European Bunker Fuel Conference will bring together the leading ship operators, owners, brokers, fuel suppliers, refiners and other marine fuel organizations to provide a unique and comprehensive overview of the European bunker fuel industry; hear insights on the impact of the emission control area (ECA) implementation, fuel prices and changes in demand patterns and how they are preparing to the 2020/2025 global cap.

Topics at IBC 2015The headline for IBC 2015 is “Improve your Reality!”. This year the conference will focus on what has happened after 1 January 2015 and all the challenges and consequences around the update of the regulations.

On Friday 24th of April, the Trident Alliance will play a central part in the morning program:

Stricter limits for sulphur in marine fuels were agreed in the new Sulphur Directive 2012/33 which entered into force on 1st January 2015. All ships sailing in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the English Channel are directly affected.

Generally, the shipping industry is committed to respecting the new rules, but has major concerns regarding enforcement of the regulation. Robust enforcement is necessary to achieve the intended benefits to health and the environment, but is also critical to ensuring fair competition.

Compliance comes at unprecedented expense. For example, switching to lower sulphur fuel currently almost doubles fuel costs. By the Commission’s own reckoning compliance testing has been running at a level of only 1/1000 vessels. Such high costs coupled with weak enforcement, undoubtedly creates a temptation not to comply.

Individual Member States may be stepping up enforcement efforts in their territorial waters, but the effectiveness of enforcement on the high seas beyond those waters, yet still within the regulated area, is much in doubt. How and by whom will compliance tests on the high seas be undertaken? Furthermore, conflicts of interests could lead to some authorities feeling less compelled to impose sufficiently dissuasive sanctions. .

In this context, and two months after the entry into force of the new sulphur limits, the Trident Alliance would very much welcome the opportunity to take stock and discuss with key regulatory stakeholders how a level playing field is ensured by robust and regular enforcement.

The Danish Maritime Authorities are gathering administrators from all 16 SECA countries for a 2 day conference, where we will be addressing the many challenges connected to ensuring robust and internationally coordinated enforcement of the sulphur rules.

Roger Strevens, Chairman of the Trident Alliance, will be speaking at the event, to convey the perspective of the members of the Trident Alliance.

Bebeka, a Cooperative Purchasing and Selling Association for the Shipping Industry manage the fuel procurement process of their abt. 450 members, representing a fleet of more than 2.500 vessels sailing worldwide.

Bebeka also organises seminars for its members and various stakeholders from the maritime industry like the Shipping 2015 seminars on Marpol Annex VI legislation, what can be expected with regard to enforcement and implications for members.

Current members of Bebeka include Trident Alliance members Seatrade and Spliethoff. Other Bebeka members are Wagenborg, , Dockwise, Boskalis Westminster Dredging, WEC Lines, Arkon Group, Arklow Shipping, BG Freight Line, Samskip, Amasus Shipping and many more, including a large group (100 vessels) of Captain-Owners.

Stricter limits for sulphur in marine fuels agreed in the new Sulphur Directive 2012/33 enter into force on 1st January 2015.

All ships sailing in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the English Channel cannot use fuel with more than 0,1% of sulphur or can use abatement technologies (scrubbers).

With only a month to go, less than half of the Member States have properly transposed the Directive into national law. Enforcement and non-compliance are major concerns. Shipping air pollution causes 50.000 premature deaths every year in Europe.

These are uncertain times for the bunker fuel industry; fuel prices are rising, demand patterns and emission control deadlines are looming. By the time of this conference, we will be just one month away from the imposed emission regulations on sulphur content, the industry is about to face its biggest change in years.

Platts 3rd Annual Mediterranean Bunker Fuel conference will once again convene the region’s leadingbunker fuel suppliers, traders, brokers, ship operators, owners, refiners and other marine fuel industry organizations to assess the changing landscape of the region, debate solutions to the challenges ahead and network with key leaders of the bunker industry.